East Knapton
| East Knapton | |
| Yorkshire East Riding | |
|---|---|
 East Knapton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SE882759 |
| Location: | 54°10’17"N, -0°38’59"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Malton |
| Postcode: | YO13 9 |
| Dialling code: | 01944 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Yorkshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Ryedale |
East Knapton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
The village stands just north of the A64 near the junction with the B1258. The York to Scarborough railway line is just north of the village and runs close to the power station. From 1845 until 1930, there was a railway station, Knapton Station.[1]
History
The village lies in the parish of West Heslerton which has the All Saints church.[2] This is part of the Rillington group of churches.[3]
Knapton Generating Station
This power station was opened in 1995 by Amy Glover, 8 years old. It has a 42 MWe General Electric LM6000 open cycle gas turbine with a thermal efficiency of 38%. The development was the subject of a public inquiry in 1992, formal consent was given by the Department of Trade and Industry and the Department of the Environment in March 1993.[4] In August 2006, Scottish Power sold the power station to the RGS Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of UK Energy Systems Ltd (a holding company owned by US Energy Systems of Avon, Connecticut) for £15.5 million. The plant uses about 12,000 BTU per kWh of electricity, which is inefficient to more modern combined cycle plants which use about 6,500 BTU per kWh of electricity.
Natural gas was discovered in Ryedale in 1970. The gas for the power station does not come from the National Transmission System but local gas fields found in Permian limestone and sandstone at 5,000-foot depth. The Permian reservoir gas contains small quantities of hydrogen sulphide (less than 0.1% by weight). At the Knapton site the combined gas flow from the well sites passes to a separator where liquids are removed. It then passes to a sulphur removal facility before being sent to the gas turbine. The removed liquids are sent to a liquids injection well which returns them to the underground reservoir.[4] The Knapton site also has a ground flare to burn waste gases.
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References
- ↑ Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
- ↑ "All Saints Church, West Heslerton". 6 May 2006. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/167032.
- ↑ "St Andrew, Rillington". 7 February 2007. http://yorkstories.co.uk/yorkshire-churches/st-andrew-rillington/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Knapton Generating Station, Scottish Power publicity brochure, undated c.2000.